Has my arm lost its power by Pastor Gbenga Aluko

                                                                           

Text: Numbers 11:16-23

Topic: Has my arm lost its power

 

The Complainers

A cursory look at Numbers chapter 10 reveals (the preceding chapter when compared with our reference for this message) that the Lord provided laws and models with which the children of Israel settles and breaks camps and also details how they left Sinai en-route the promise land, the attending travelling stress, God’s stipulation as aforementioned and their unbroken nature may have caused their complaints in vs. 1 of chapter eleven like they also did for Manna Ex.16:1-4, are we better today?

This attitude however did not go unpunished Numbers 11:1, the people immediately communicated to Moses who interceded for them when they were judged for this misbehaviour with fire and when he did, God stopped the fire but they had casualties, don’t make God fight you, anyone who does make Him livid always have great casualties be warned. Are we already having any fire from sins and its consequence’s, Satan and his cohorts, self and its delusion? run to Jesus today, His name is a strong tower Prov.18:10.

The craving of the foreign rabble

Num.11:4 underscores a set of people as foreign rabble/rabbles/mixed multitude as rendered by different versions of the scripture who began to crave for their freedom in the plate or free food that they claimed to have enjoyed in Egypt(till today prisoners and slaves don’t pay for food but they don’t have a life talk alone freedom). They loved their chains at the expense of freedom, God’s: plan, purpose and efforts on them, and they influenced some Israelite on this inglorious venture what a people? Are you not a rabble/mixed multitude? Do you know God’s law and keep them so as to be His child as detailed in John 15:14 otherwise we are rabbles, ruminate about this.

 

Moses’ outburst and Divine instructions

Moses was human just as we are, he became fired up or tensed by the continuous misbehaviour of the children of Israel that he was graced to lead and he made some comments some of which are: did I give birth to these people, why will you permit me to continue to bear the burden of this people, how will I carry/lead them to the land your promised them, he even pleaded with God to kill him. Num. 11:11-15.

Our God the omniscience and omnipotent, knowing all things and having all power responded to Moses’s outburst with some instructions viz:

3.1 Gather seventy Elders and Leaders before me vs. 16

3.2 I will take part of my Spirit on you and put on them vs.17 for capacity, what qualifies anyone to work for God or really do anything worthwhile in God’s kingdom/vineyard and in this corrupt world is the capacity that His Spirit generates/creates and maintains. God’s and godly work will never require any Spirit/capacity not found in Him.

3.3 To tell the people to purify themselves for meat which will run/served to them continuously for one month vs.18-20

Calculating God

The meat that God promised the children of Israel for one full month, having a fair estimation of the number of people with him on their journey troubled Moses and he gave voice to his doubt, however note that the mind of any man is too small to put together the ways, capacity and workings of God. He then retorted I have 600,000 foot soldier and this does not include those who are not Soldiers, females and children, if we kill all our flocks and herds and all fishes in the sea IT WONT BE ENOUGH, he was asking HOW WILL THIS THING BE just like Mary in Luke 1:34 and Zechariah in Luke 1:18.  

God’s second and powerful response

HAS MY ARM LOST ITS POWER, the arm that was against the Egyptian and afflicted them with 10 unrivalled and historic plaques has my arm lost its power?, the arm that made Moses and the Israelite go through the red sea on a dry land and the same sea swallowed their enemies who tried to follow them has my arm lost its power? The arm of the Lord that provided manna for the children of Israel in the wilderness has that arm lost its power? The Lord that took care of a people for forty years and their cloths and sandals did not wear out Deut. 29:5 has that arm lost its power?....

Prayers for Nigeria

God let your arm rise up in judgment against anyone that is anti-Christ and anti-peace in Nigeria, let them face your stern judgment in Jesus mighty name Amen.